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Connor had worked with Donati in past art heists [150] and claimed the two cased the Gardner Museum [149] [151] where Donati took interest in the finial. [149] Connor also claimed that Houghton visited him in jail after the heist and said that he and Donati organized it and were going to use the paintings to get Connor out of jail. [150]
The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft. Smithsonian. ISBN 978-0-06-053117-1. A detailed account of the ongoing investigation into the robbery at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. Connor, Myles J. (2009). The Art of the Heist: Confessions of a Master Art Thief, Rock-and-Roller, and Prodigal Son ...
Many valuable paintings have been stolen.The paintings listed are from masters of Western art which are valued in millions of U.S. dollars.The US FBI maintains a list of "Top Ten Art Crimes"; [1] a 2006 book by Simon Houpt, [2] a 2018 book by Noah Charney, [3] and several other media outlets have profiled the most significant outstanding losses.
After twenty-five years, one of the country's most notorious art heists has still not been solved. Neither of the two robbers of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston have been captured ...
Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil Museum, Cairo; KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images It's hard to believe that dramatic Thomas Crown Affair-style art thefts could actually happen in real life, but recent heists ...
Art heist movies — think “Ocean’s 8,” “The Thomas Crown Affair,” Audrey Hepburn’s “How To Steal a Million” — always capture the imagination, but of course, audacious thefts are ...
Berenson helped acquire nearly 70 works of art for her collection. The Rape of Europa (1562) by Titian is one of the most famous works in the museum. After her husband John L. Gardner's death in 1898, Isabella Gardner realized their shared dream of building a suitable space to exhibit their treasures.
Two thieves dressed as Boston cops made off with $500m in stolen art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum more than three decades ago. No arrests have ever been made, the case remains unsolved ...